The Pink Mafia - 
by EdHIll
Well its been quite a trying time for Tony Soprano lately. He’s been shot, forced into a really odd overlong dream sequence with Buddhists and Steve Buscemi, and had to have a giant hole in his stomach. But in the last few episodes of The Sopranos he’s starting to get back to his old self again. Squeezing people for cash, even ordering to get someone whacked.
And then of course we have Johnny Sack, the de facto head of the New York crime family ever since Carmine Sr. died of a stroke. After last episode where he was seen crying like a little girl with skinned knee at his daughters wedding some of his captains, like Phil Leotardo, are questioning his role as boss, thinking he might be better suited to being the boss of the New York Chapter of the Clay Aiken fan club instead of the New York Mafia.
But things aren’t all peaches and cream for Tony S. Before Johnny Sack pulled the waterworks at the wedding he agreed to take care of something for him. Rusty, one of his captains, is “a cancer” and needs to be dealt with, but Johnny Sack couldn’t do it himself. He enlisted Tony Soprano to take care of it for him. Tony reluctantly agreed but decided to get someone from the mother country to come in and do it so it wouldn’t leave any fingerprints to point to him. Rusty is played by the plastic surgery ravaged Franki Valli. That’s right, Tony Soprano is going to whack the man responsible for bringing us the theme song to Grease. Now he is definitely going to hell.
And if you’re wondering that all this sounds somewhat convoluted you are right. It is a very complex show that is made even worse by that fact that we are forced to wait a year and a half between seasons. It makes all my bitching about Lost seem inconsequential. But still, all complaints go out the window when you realize that this season is as brilliantly written as anything on television. And if you’re really that confused the HBO website is a good resource to bring you up to speed.
The show opens with Tony relaxing out in his back yard. Ever since his new lease on life he’s been on a nature kick. His rest is interrupted with the rattling of the pool heater so Tony goes over and whacks it. Get it? Whacks it? Oh man, I am too much. Vito is also relaxing at his summer home. He’s hiding out hoping that the word doesn’t leak about his sexuality. His Goomah s there with him and isn’t too thrilled because, well she’s a woman goomah and Vito just ain’t interested. Now if he was a nice nubile Ralph MAcchio Goomah, that would be a different story. And after the abrasive Rosie Perez attitude of his goomah where she bitches about everything, it makes me wonder if she’s the woman responsible for turning Vito gay. Also, I like saying Goomah.
Goomah.
Back at Satriale’s Tony is filling in Christopher about the plans for the Rusty hit. When Tony sees Perry Annunziata, his new muscle head bodyguard he apologizes for beating the crap out of him at the end of last episode. He had to do it to reassert his authority with his crew. They can’t see any weakness. I am the same way when I play my family at scrabble.
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